Officials are probing how a 51-year-old highway bridge came to collapse in the Italian port city of Genoa yesterday, killing at least 26 people and injuring 16 others as it sent dozens of vehicles tumbling into a heap of concrete and twisted steel.

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“At this point we have no reason to suspect the video is not authentic,” chief police spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said. “The victim in this case knows the offender and we are working to locate.”

Police said they have identified the shooter however she remains at-large with a man who was also in the car.

“What I can say is we believe this to be a domestic related incident between two individuals that know each other,” Guglielmi said. “We do not believe there is any threat to the public as this stemmed from an earlier interaction between the two of them.”

The victim was taken to Stroger Hospital where her condition has stabilised.